Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Phase: Build Up - Prin: FHFP-Sub: Play Through - Action Solutions vs High Press

Midfield Rotation Best Practice

Title: Midfield Three Rotation - Best Practice (10 minutes) 

Aim: Put players in a setting where they're getting directional competitive reps attempting to sprint away from their opponent in attempt to 'see three corners' & find the highest free player (9) in order to progress the ball to the halfway line.  

Organization / Activity: 4/5 or 9 plays ball into the midfield. Blue play north & south. Red play East & West. Every time the ball is successfully played through the grid finds the highest free player (players on the outside of the gird) the team in possession gets a point. The activity then continuously repeats itself. In possession, you can't have two players from the same team in the same box, players must be aware and make decisions based on their team mates movement. 

Coaching Points / Planning for failure:

- 4/5 will fail in their ability to create depth / supporting angle and will pass the ball square - remind individuals of pre training video. 

- Players 6,8,10 will fail to Scan & open their body to ' three corners' to allow them to play forward, sideways or backwards. GQ: How do we find the highest free player? - By playing through, around or over. In order to do that how many corners do we need to see?

- Players 6,8,10 will fail in the timing of their movement & will arrive too early making it easy for the opponent to mark them - discuss 'repositioning after your team mate takes her first touch (previous activity)

- 6,8,10 will fail to 'hide their number' in attempt to create space. Discuss how doing this creates space for you to play via GQ.  

- 9 will fail in their decision to find a gap to allow the team to execute FHFP. Remind - if the ball has eyes it must see your feet. 

Progression: 

R1 - Explain rules & play.

R2 - 4-5 must circulate to each other when they get possession 

R3 - Add 9 to grid of 5-4. Mimic game situation 2v1. 

Ghost Coach / Crossover Phase: 

- Players will mark their direct opponent 1v1 creating a massive gap in the middle of their shape - discuss mid block & Prin: In to out 

- When players regain possession we will fail to go from 'small space to big space' ghost coach can encourage both teams to do this (different voice) 

Training & Solutions vs High Press

Title:Training & Solutions vs High Press - Creating Gaps In Opponent /10 becoming second 9 - (40 Minutes)

Aim: Put players in a setting where they have clear solutions on how we build (get ball to half way line)

Organization / Activity: Players play build up vs pressing (pressing team mimic next opponent)

Coaching Points / Plan for failure:

- 4/5 will fail to kill their first touch or they won't know what they're doing with the ball before they receive it. Demo options with this failure occurs. 

-4/5 will fail in the technique to play ball centrally into 9/10 - demo different techniques and optimum methods of achieving this. Discuss laces vs inside the foot.

- 2/3 will fail to reposition when ball is played into our pivots. Discuss what information they have to look for, what does seeing two corners mean for them?

- 2/3 will play ball wide when they progress the ball forward. Discuss driving with the ball to play centrally & where we want to explore space / create gaps in opponents back line within this action.

Progression:

Ghost coach: Coach 2/3 sprint diagonally in during our transition

Add extra player (Sweeper) for non focus team and discuss how that changes things for us (Next weeks session)